If you’re flying into any of New York’s three major airports, odds are pretty good you’re going to be late.

One of every three flights landing at JFK, La Guardia and Newark this holiday weekend won’t make it to the gate on time, according to Bureau of Transportation statistics.

“Instead of sitting around the dinner table with turkey, we end up sitting at the airport waiting and waiting,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, who released the data yesterday.

“We all knew our airports weren’t on the top of the list, but unfortunately all three New York airports are now at the bottom of the list” of 33 airports.

Kennedy joined Newark and La Guardia in the bottom three this year.

Don’t try to blame Mother Nature for New York’s problem.

The number of late arrivals at the three airports that were not weather-related has more than doubled in the past three months – from 19 percent in July, to 43 percent in September.

In September, just 3.21 percent of flights nationwide were delayed by weather, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Schumer said the security precautions taken since Sept. 11, 2001, aren’t to blame either, since they have been “relaxed and streamlined a bit” in the past year.

National on-time arrivals dropped from 82 percent to 75 percent in the past three years. But in that same time, New York’s on-time arrivals dropped by 11 percent.

“The FAA has not done a good job here in New York. They seem to be twiddling their thumbs. They’re more interested in cutting costs, creating a stir, creating fights, than they are with getting things done,” Schumer said.

FAA officials did not immediately return calls for comment, but an official at the Port Authority said the agency is currently conducting a study of the area’s nine airports to find more efficient ways to fly.

—

Crowded runways

Percentages of on-time arrivals at the nation’s 33 largest airports show: